Author: Colette Fuller – Senior Learning Technologist, Centre for Collaborative Learning Anyone making their first steps back to the office after almost 18 months? Some of you will be very keen to get back (me!) and some may be less Read more…
Author: Dee Vyas – Technology Enhanced Learning Adviser, Manchester Metropolitan University The UK Higher Education sector has been through a period of intense transformation at a rapid pace in response to the necessary changes prompted by the pandemic (Jisc, 2020). Read more…
Author: Dr Richard Davies, Higher Education Research and Development Lead, CCL For good or ill, and it is for both, the Research Excellence Framework (REF) has reoriented the social practice of academic research. Its most recent iteration, with a focus Read more…
Author: Laura Ridings, eLearning Developer, Centre for Collaborative Learning In my previous life as a secondary school teacher, there were certain rules that I had in my classroom for anyone designing for print or screen 1. No comic sans font Read more…
Author: Neil Cook, Lecturer – School of Dentistry This is not what I intended to write a blog post about. At all. Reflection is one of those things that I have always struggled with. Not so much the thinking, but Read more…
Author: Chris Melia – Centre for Collaborative Learning, University of Central Lancashire “The DigiLearn programme provides a bespoke learning pathway for the digital development of colleagues from any discipline. It is both inclusive, and developmental for colleagues of all digital Read more…
Author: Jan Thomson – VLE Manager, Learning Technologies Team, CCL UCLan will be updating our Blackboard experience from Original Learn course view to Blackboard’s Ultra Base Navigation over the summer. This is the first step in our 2-year, 2 phase Read more…
Author: Tony Broad – Senior Lecturer in Computer Aided Engineering A few years ago I decided that I needed to work smarter, not harder. Technology such as Microsoft Teams helped me with this, and to be honest, with minimum effort…. Read more…
Author: Fiona Bledge, Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Justice As educators and support professionals, we all lead busy lives that involve a myriad of responsibilities. Although much has been documented about the distraction that digital tools can encourage, if harnessed in the right way, some tools Read more…
Author: Phil McMillan – Learning Enhancement (Digital), CCL “Pomo” Italian, noun The room is filled with scent of fresh basil, Sicilian lemons and rich olive oil, a thick rossa ragu is slowly bubbling in a cracked brown ceramic pot. Scattered Read more…